Working to Improve STEM Educator Recruitment and Retention through Relationships

致力于通过关系改善 STEM 教育工作者的招聘和保留

• 批准号: 2345156
• 负责人: Kelly Costner
• 金额: $ 144.46万
• 依托单位: Winthrop University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-09-01 至 2029-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2345156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Working; Improve; STEM; Educator; Recruitment

The Track 1 Noyce project aims to serve the national need to increase the numbers of STEM educators with high-quality preparation and provide support that increases their retention rates. Attracting STEM majors and specialists to teaching careers has long been challenging, and low retention rates make this problem more difficult. WISER3 intends to address these issues by focusing on relationships and community among STEM educators. The project provides early professional experiences for STEM majors to explore content-specific research and STEM careers so that they connect with professionals in their field, including teachers. Scholarships support STEM majors who pursue teacher certification through a program enhanced by pairing student teachers and incorporating cross-cohort mentoring groups. Scholars participate in a systemic and data-informed approach to STEM educator recruitment that spans P-12 and university-level audiences. Support beyond the preparation program continues through cross-cohort mentoring in the early years of a scholar’s teaching career. These components intend to attract STEM majors to the teaching field and increase STEM educator retention rates by developing an enduring support community.This project at Winthrop University (WU) includes partnerships with Clinton College (a nearby HBCU) and three local high-need school districts: Chester County, York District 1, and Rock Hill Schools (York District 3). Project goals include increasing participation in WU’s STEM education programs; ensuring WISER3 scholars are effective classroom teachers; retaining these STEM educators in high-need schools in the partner districts; enhancing mentoring supports through near-peer and cross-cohort design that spans the preparation program and continues through induction years; and implementing community-building components through regular professional development and social events. Across the five-year funding period, WISER3 will produce 42 new STEM educators through scholarships for high-achieving students to obtain teacher certification through a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Among these, six will be recruited from biology majors at the Clinton College. The remaining 36 will be WU students with majors in biology, chemistry, or mathematics. The project has the potential to contribute additional research insights on implementing (a) paired placements in field and clinical experiences and (b) cross-cohort mentoring. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the effectiveness and retention of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

Track 1 Noyce 项目旨在满足国家需求，通过高质量的准备增加 STEM 教育工作者的数量，并提供支持以提高他们的保留率。长期以来，吸引 STEM 专业和专家从事教学职业一直是一项挑战，而低保留率使得他们的保留率下降。 WISER3 打算通过关注 STEM 教育工作者之间的关系和社区来解决这些问题，为 STEM 专业的学生提供早期的专业经验，以探索特定内容的研究和 STEM 职业，以便他们与各自领域的专业人士建立联系。奖学金支持通过学生教师配对和跨群体指导小组参与 STEM 教育者招聘的系统性和数据知情方法来获得教师认证的项目，该项目涵盖 P-12 和大学级别的受众。在学者教学生涯的早期，通过跨群体指导继续提供超出准备计划的支持，这些组成部分旨在吸引 STEM 专业的学生进入教学领域，并通过建立持久的支持社区来提高 STEM 教育者的保留率。温思罗普大学 (WU) 的项目包括与克林顿学院（附近的 HBCU）和三个当地高需求学区：切斯特县、约克第 1 区和罗克山学校（约克第 3 区）的合作项目目标包括增加对 WU 的参与。 STEM 教育计划；WISER3 学者是有效的课堂教师，通过跨同侪和跨群体的设计来确保合作地区的高需求学校； WISER3 将为 42 名新 STEM 教育工作者提供奖学金，帮助成绩优异的学生获得教师资格证。其中，6 名来自克林顿学院的生物学专业，其余 36 名将是西弗吉尼亚大学生物学、化学或数学专业的学生，​​该项目有潜力为实施提供更多的研究见解。 （一个）实地和临床经验配对安置以及 (b) 跨群体指导 此轨道 1：奖学金和津贴项目通过罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划 (Noyce) 提供支持，以支持有才华的 STEM 本科专业和专业人员发挥作用。 K-12 STEM 教师和经验丰富、堪称典范的 K-12 教师成为高需求学区的 STEM 大师级教师 它还支持对 K-12 STEM 教师的有效性和保留率进行研究。高需求学区。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。